Drive By Fence . . .

In fact

I see three fences, one house

and one pole in the way!

I had to "snap fast!"

Linking to Good Fences

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So they all went away from the little log house.

The shutters were over the windows,

so the little house could not see them go.

It stayed there inside the log fence,

behind the two big oak trees

that in the summertime had made green roofs

for Mary and Laura to play under.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

I Wish I Had Created This . . .

bagpodz

Are you using your own bags for your shopping trips?

I am and I have several bags I keep handy in the car

to take into the grocery store or to the market.

Until the other day when I received this little gem as a birthday gift.

The little bagpodz pouch holds five light weight nylon, heavy duty,

eco friendly, reusable bags.

No need for me to use my large reusable bags anymore.

(Unless I am purchasing groceries for an army of people!)

The five bags are contained inside the pouch. 

Handy for using just one bag or all five for a large shopping trip.

The pouch takes up very little room in your grocery cart

and for that matter you can hook the pouch

right on to the cart until you are ready to use a bag.

Bags are easy to remove from the pouch.

After unloading your groceries at home,

just wad up the bag and stuff it back in the pouch.

Ready it will be for the next shopping trip.

I used mine for the first time today.

Love it . . . Easy Peasy!

As I said, mine was a gift.

I found them though on line at GROMMET

in the 5 bag or 10 bag size.

Also found them on Amazon,

And a video on You Tube.

Each site may need you to write in

bagpodz

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This is my opinion and I am not being compensated in any way. 

One Fence, One Word . . .

interesting

~

Good Fences

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No Doubt About It . . .

Tucked on the side of the road,

remote, off the beaten track,

amidst the hills, dips, twists of the road

between Ludington and Pentwater,

and steps away from Lake Michigan

you'll find Bortell's Fisheries.

Early Friday evening we took a drive to check it out.

We had driven by before, but it was closed.

The sky was as blue as blue could be

a perfect weather day, 3, 4, 5 in a row!

Fresh fish or deep fried to purchase, take home . . . or

treat yourself to one of the deep fried features and eat right there.

We treated ourselves to the lake perch, walleye and fries

and sat at one of the picnic tables for our dinner. 

Everyone else had the same idea.

Long lines of people waiting, cars parked along side the road,

people stopping by for the take-a-ways!

Mind you, no restaurants around,

this is a tucked away six generation gem

and a "must go there each summer season."

No doubt about it!

DELICIOUS SUMMER EVE TREAT

~

That Fish Critter in picture #2 is my

Critter for Eileen's

Saturday's Critters #129

~

It's the weekend, enjoy it!

LIVE LOVE LAUGH

~

Love ~ Lynne

Fence Hunt . . .

My Mister Kennedy happened onto a few fences the other day.

He sent them on to me.

Here they are for you!

We found this tree stump fence row below

while taking a look at a new natural park area a few days ago.

I must include this picture of

"Little Miss Great Grand"

having a great time exploring at her grans and gramps

Isn't this a "wonderful happy on the hunt look"!

She is in her own "little two year old world" of bliss.

Linking with

Good Fences

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Thank you for visiting me

and thanks to Theresa for hosting 115 Good Fence posts.

~

Live  Love  Laugh

 Love ~ Lynne

~

"Don't cross the bridge until you come to it!"

Granddaughters 2016 Graduation Message

Grand Rapids Community College

Secchia Institute for Culinary Education

Fence Hunt . . .

Wednesday Evening Fence Hunt

brought us three gems

Which one is your favorite?

~

Joining

Good Fences

#112

Thanks for hosting Theresa

~

"Your journey isn't determined by where you begin."

Jahana Hayes

Teacher of the Year

History teacher, John F Kennedy High School,

Waterbury, Connecticut

CONGRATULATIONS

Jahana

Random 5 Friday . . .

Here are my randoms for this Friday . . .

1.  I jumped on the "blog train" and "opened" Irish Garden House five years ago. This is the garden house we slept in on our first trip.  The main house and garden house belonged to friends of ours. There was a loft in the garden house where we slept which overlooked Bantry Bay and left to the Atlantic Ocean.  Yes indeed, we fell in love with all things Ireland and it is our favorite place to travel.  I'll be celebrating Ireland and our trips there in the month of May.

2.  I can't get in the mood for gardening when the morning temperatures are in the thirties.

I say enough is enough, it is time for some sun and springtime!

3.  I am watching the National Geographic, The Story of God, hosted by Morgan Freeman. Very interesting . . .

4.  I haven't a clue why I do this dot dot dot thingy . . . I can't seem to stop . . . it drives me crazy sometimes . . . It is different than a comma . . . more of a pause.  Just sayin' . . .
(I had to laugh right out loud, I previewed my post and I had written 'coma' instead of 'comma'. . . oh my, great laugh at self moment!)

5.  Have you ever thought about "friends" . . . friends you see often, friends who are far away, family friends, blog friends . . . wonderful to have friends, isn't it . . . and then there is just being "friendly" too . . .

~

Random 5 Friday

Thank you Nancy for hosting . . . and helping us think random!

~

What is the kindest thing you can do for yourself today?

Send some kindness forward too!

Happy Weekend My Friends

Love, Lynne

Week In A Blink . . .

Where do the days, weeks go

it is past mid September

fall is in the air

my creative bug has hit me

I painted up some pumpkins

one for a friend celebrating a birthday above

and one for me below.

Plus my friend Barb joined me and painted a pumpkin too.

I like her Bitter Sweet too!

I brought out some of my fall things to

place here and there around the house.

I found a cute little owl

and this glass pumpkin at Pier One the other day . . .

A basket of Annabelle Hydrangeas

added a touch of green to the coffee table.

I have been reading constantly and enjoying it tremendously.

I liked John Hart's, The Last Child and have followed him since.

I just finished reading his riveting, brilliantly written

Iron House.

I am ready for something light and easy now for a few days.

another great grand

will arrive sometime in February . . .

Question, so when grandchildren have their babies

would their babies be second cousins

to one another.

Oh my, I am confused . . .

Grandson Cody is making all the furniture

for their "first new to be" little one.

Changing table/chest, small chest and crib.

Cody watched some videos on line,

and said to himself,

"I can do this"

and away in went.

Watching them be excited,

making furniture, painting the room,

decisions, plans

makes me excited too.

As soon as this piece is finished he will start on the crib.

Remember that fence I had on here in the spring

and I wondered what the berries were . . .

sure look like grapes to me.

Have you seen the galvanized pumpkins while shopping?

I really like them . . . the price not so much!

Take a look at Kerin's blog link below

to see what they look like.

pumpkins

when I am not reading

or dreaming about more great grandbabies

or painting

or snapping pictures

or sprucing up the house

you can find me outdoors

cleaning the gardens

and putting things to sleep for the winter

the leaves are beginning to show their colors here in Michigan

and the acorns are falling fast and furious.

you know the old wives tale

lot's of acorns, lots of snow. 

fine by me

I love fall and winter.

~

that is it for me

and my

"week in a blink."

See you soon!

Love  . . . Lynne

Friday Hodgepodge . . .

How beautiful 

to see photos of a rainbow shinning on the

Freedom Tower

in the early September tenth morning sky.

I saw several photos of this on the news.

I am sorry I can't give proper credit to the photographers.

many thoughts of this horrific tragedy

filled my mind today

Baby Great Grand

discovering her first puddle.

It rained "cats and dogs" the other day!

I wonder where that saying came from?

She loves outdoor exploring.

My Giveaway Apron

arrived in the mail today.

You may remember, Sandra of

Thistle Cove Farm

having a giveaway a few weeks ago.

This apron was made by an

almost 95 year old woman.

Her daughter was selling the aprons

because she felt it was what her mom would want her to do.

I am honored to receive the apron

and will treasure one of her final handmade pieces.

A friend of mine sent me a copy about the apples

from one of our favorite apple orchards.

Just a hop skip and a jump from our house.

Honey Crisp is still my favorite apple to pick up and eat.

I should have warned you that this was

going to be a bunch of hodgepodge.

This is so you will know everything

that happened in my life this past week. 

When I am in a reading mood

it is non stop.

In the past few weeks I feel like I have been on a marathon.

The book above is very good.

poetic  graphic  serious

moving  tragic  loving

take some time for this read

Taken from the cover.

mister Irish Garden House likes

Tuna Melts

I made them for dinner tonight.

tuna  celery  onion  mayo  bread  cheese

I put them on the griddle

bread, cheese slice, tuna mix, cheese slice, bread

easy fix

eating the tuna as a salad was my choice

A friend of mine is celebrating her 60th birthday on Monday.

I painted a pumpkin for her this afternoon.

I plan to paint one for me later this week.

remember to do some things for your self

that you really love doing

and finally

cooler weather arrived

the cutting back, cleaning up, putting plants to rest time
and I began with

this fern who had overgrown its welcome

saying goodbye to sweet begonia

will be difficult to do

guess she will remain for a few more days

~

Two thoughts that have stuck with me that

I found from blog friends this week

~

I want to be a better human.

Pepper Medley

Let someone else go first.

Cranberry Morning 

~

Be Kind To One Another

Love ~ Lynne

Good Fences . . .

 

 

appointment today

parked the car

saw this fence

I thought

perfect

for

Good Fences
thanks for hosting
Theresa

~

Does anyone know what the berry is?

 

 



Fence Menagerie . . .

tall trees and rod iron fence along the lakeshore

western michigan stone fence

in town rail fence

 Muskegon channel stone fence wall,

Lake Express car ferry, back and forth daily, Muskegon to Milwaukee  

Muskegon Pier guard fence

 

oh  my, oh my

it has been a

glorious gorgeous

here in western michigan

maybe the entire state for all I know

bright blue skies, sunny days

cool nights, warmer days

strawberry moon

no humidity

wonderful

~

these are my happy gardening days

out in the morning

collapsing inside early evening

sleeping like a rock

awaking with a start

and out at it once again

best days ever

~

today is

join in

you'll see interesting fences

and meet wonderful people

~

thanks Theresa for hosting

thank you to my visitors and commenters

 

ENJOY